Mt. Kalisungan - Calauan Laguna - summit with my Son

Jump-off point: Brgy. Lamot 2, Calauan
LLA: 14° 08.790N; 121° 20.683E; 760 MASL
Days required / Hours to summit: 1 day / 2.5-3 hours
Specs: Minor climb, Difficulty 3/9, Trail class 1-2 (details from pinoymountaineer)

This hike is very special to me because this the my first hike with my son.  Before , everytime i hike , i'm wishing that someday , we will be together with my whole fam in one mountain. Our youngest Ysa for now cannot do this, my "binatilyo can do :).

Group of 8 adult and one kid , we start morning of April 1 of 2014 with the Gabog siblings. Sis Rubinia Jules and I from Calamba and the other's from Sta. Cruz. My dear Marife, my best of friend from Hongkong for vacation and this is our plan to bond .

We all met in Junction - can identify this with the duck statue. Ride a trycicle to Barangay Hall of Lamot. Then we find the famous "Mang Bino"

That's Ate (Mang Bino's wife) sorry I forgot her name due to late post , Mang Bino cannot guide us so her wife take his task , she's very talkative and we really enjoy her stories.

She tolds us that she knew people inside the mountain, it really help us because while in trek , we found fruits and she talk the owner to have some for the hiker :)

Bravo Ate !!! Many many thanks !!!

Until we reach the "bukohan" part of the mountain . Then now Elmer turns to "pasikat" . He ask if we can get some buko for our drink in the summit , and Ate again ..yes yes yes !!!
"Elmer! The buko man ! Look at him ! Really i'so amaze !!

9 buko for the group , so excited to reach the top so we can drink that refreshing juice .

And after in bukuhan , treking start again in the dry grass.

The heat of the sun start on our skin , we rush our walk.

Finally we reach the summit .
Whoooaa !!! The 7 lake view , sulit !!

we don't have tent , just make temporary using our malong's. Credits again kay Ate ang sipag niya talaga :)

Then we start our luch with kwentuhan off course :)

Kuya Vlad start to peel our Pinya , sobrang busog na may pinya pa .

It's gettin hot in here !!!

After lunch and many kwetuhan ... jumpshot naman .
Hooorraaayyy !!!

 

Then we start to descend. Uber init . No shed at summit at all.

Thanks to all , Gabog sib's , Sistah Rubinia.

My little boy now turn to binatilyo soon to be man,

Haiizzz years  is running so fast , thanks to my son for this wonderful hike.